Tribunals

Belarus “hit squad” member on trial in Switzerland for enforced disappearances

The Belarusian has confessed to the crimes. His trial, which opens on September 19 under universal jurisdiction at canton St. Gallen district court in Rorschach is scheduled to last only two days. A former official under President Alexander Lukashenko, Yuri Harauski goes on trial for the enforced disappearances of three opposition figures in 1999.
By Julia Crawford
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